Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses

CC Wang, KA Prather, J Sznitman, JL Jimenez… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Exposure to droplets produced in the coughs and sneezes of infected
individuals or contact with droplet-contaminated surfaces (fomites) have been widely …

Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and pathogenesis

AG Harrison, T Lin, P Wang - Trends in immunology, 2020 - cell.com
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) marks
the third highly pathogenic coronavirus to spill over into the human population. SARS-CoV-2 …

Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID‐19 patients: a review

Y Gao, M Ding, X Dong, J Zhang, A Kursat Azkur… - Allergy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by the severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), has caused an unprecedented global …

Global percentage of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections among the tested population and individuals with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis: a systematic review and …

Q Ma, J Liu, Q Liu, L Kang, R Liu, W **g… - JAMA network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Asymptomatic infections are potential sources of transmission for COVID-19.
Objective To evaluate the percentage of asymptomatic infections among individuals …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV viral load dynamics, duration of viral shedding, and infectiousness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Cevik, M Tate, O Lloyd, AE Maraolo, J Schafers… - The lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Viral load kinetics and duration of viral shedding are important determinants for
disease transmission. We aimed to characterise viral load dynamics, duration of viral RNA …

Prevalence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: a narrative review

DP Oran, EJ Topol - Annals of internal medicine, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread rapidly
throughout the world since the first cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were …

Risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community: a prospective cohort study

LH Nguyen, DA Drew, MS Graham, AD Joshi… - The Lancet Public …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Data for front-line health-care workers and risk of COVID-19 are limited. We
sought to assess risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers compared with the …

Aging in COVID-19: Vulnerability, immunity and intervention

Y Chen, SL Klein, BT Garibaldi, H Li, C Wu… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic was first
reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019, moved across the globe at an unprecedented …

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a review of viral, host, and environmental factors

EA Meyerowitz, A Richterman, RT Gandhi… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has spread globally in a few short months …

The proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infections that are asymptomatic: a systematic review

DP Oran, EJ Topol - Annals of internal medicine, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Asymptomatic infection seems to be a notable feature of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pathogen that causes coronavirus …